AMD Opteron 10/30/2006 Price Cuts
 

DailyTech has received information on AMD’s upcoming October 30th, 2006 price drops. The price drops affect AMD’s server and workstation Opteron products for Socket 940, 939, AM2 and 1207 platforms. AMD Opteron 800 series models 870, 875, 880 and 885 receive hefty 20-30% price cuts. Opteron 800 series HE models 860 HE, 865 HE, 870 HE and 875 HE receive similar 20-30% price drops—with similar pricing as non-HE models. Pricing for models 848 HE, 850, 850 HE, 852, 854, 856 and 865 will remain the same before and after October 30th, 2006.

Newegg has been unloading Opteron 165 for $159 since last month. Picked one with CCBBE 0615 stepping, been running at 2.84 Ghz at 1.45 volt stock cooling.

that is a good deal for an 939 upgrade, but not good enough for a new system